Improvement in washing-machines



NICHOLAS LONGLY, OF SUE CITY, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT m WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 65,938, dated July 27,1875; application filed May 3, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it'known that I, NICHOLAS LONGLY, of SueCity, in the county of Macon and State iof Missouri, have inventedcertain Improvements in Olothes-Washin g Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification:

My invention consists in a body containing a sliding head or bunteracting against a trans- -verse grating, a perforated shelf in rear ofthe fgrating, and a valve or paddle moved back and forth under the shelfby means of' the sliding head.

Figure 1 represents a top-plan view of my machine. Fig. 2 represents alongitudinal vertical section of the same.

A represents a rectangular Wooden body or tub, divided across its middleby a grating, B, composed of upright wooden slats. 0 represents asliding head or bunter, arranged parallel with the gratin g, andprovided at its ends with arms 0, which extend through the grating, asshown, for the purposes of guiding the head and carrying a valve orpaddle hereinafter described. D D represent two elbowlevers, pivoted tothe inner sides of the body at its front end, their lower ends beingconnected by links a. to the sliding head 0, while their upper ends areunited by a cross-bar or handle, 2', by means of which the levers may beoperated so as to slide the head back and forth, to and from the gratingB. E represents a horizontal perforated shelf or divisionboard, arrangeda few inches above the bottom of the body, and fitting closely thereinfrom the grating B to the rear end, as shown. This shelf or board issustained at one edge by a shoulder, d, on the grating, and at the otheredge by a hook, a, engaging with a staple on the body. F represents avalve or paddle, extending across the body below the shelf or board E,and pivoted at its ends to the arms 6 of the sliding head 0, as shown,the arrangement being such that the valve is carried back and forthunder the shelf by the movement of the head. The valve is hung in suchamanner that as it is drawn forward toward the grating it assumes anupright position, and drives the water before it from under the shelf,through the grating B, at the same time drawing water down through theperforated shelf behind it; while be acted upon, and then, finally, to

and the levers thrown up and down, so as to move the head and valve backand forth-the head to pound and squeeze the articles against thegrating, while the valve, driving a strong 7 current through the foot ofthe grating under the articles, causes them to turn over and over, andto move about in such manner that they are all acted upon equally andadvantageously, while at the same time the water is driven through themand caused to wash out the dirt as fast as it is dissolved and set free.

By placing the articles on the shelf, either before or after having beenacted upon by the head, the water is caused to pass through them veryrapidly, so as to soften and remove the dirt, 8tc. In order to renderthe action of the machine easier, and to prevent the splashing of thewater, as well as for "other reasons, the sliding head is provided withopenings, through which the water can pass back and forth; and in orderto permit the escape of the water when desired, the body is providedwith an outlet-hole, closed by a plug, a.

A convenient manner of operating the machine will be to first place theentire mass of clothes in the front of the body, behind the head, andthen insert them, as fast as required, between the head and grating tolace them on the shelf behind the grating o be rinsed.

I an1.aware that it is not new to combine a sliding head or bunter withtwo valves arranged to force water against the clothes while they arebeing compressed; but such combination has no bearing on my machine,which is constructed to force water under the clothes and turn them overwhile they are free from pressure.

grating B, sliding head 0, perforated shelf E, arrrnged behind thegrating, and the valve F, operated by the head in such manner as todrive a current of water forward through the foot of the grating as thehead recedes therefrom.

NICHOLAS LONGLY.

Witnesses:

I. H. KELLOGG, JOHN FISHER.

